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This children's coloured sand has been found to contain asbestos. This originates from China and contains tremolite asbestos. I suspect this may also be present in the UK. Do not disturb the material, and arrange a test by a competent person.

Colourful children’s sand sold by Officeworks recalled amid asbestos fears Chain among Australian retailers to have sold some of the affected Creatistics, Kadink and Educational Colours products since 2020

I will be running another Asbestos Awareness Training session for small businesses at The Dalmahoy Hotel on Friday 12th of May. If you have a small team or have not been trained, then this is for you!

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Eddie Stobart has been fined £133,000 after ignoring worker's concerns about asbestos.

Eddie Stobart fined after workers exposed to asbestos | HSE Media Centre Eddie Stobart fined after workers exposed to asbestos 8th November 2022 by Paul Napier ShareLogistics company Eddie Stobart has been fined after work at one of its sites exposed staff to asbestos. The firm was fined £133,000 for a series of failures that took place while excavation work was carried...

It was enlightening to attend the Asbestonomy conference in London last week, to see how the Europeans approach asbestos compliance. The UK is far behind the curve in analytical methods and exposure limits.

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Once again criminal and life threatening behaviour is being punished. Having a refurbishment survey before starting works is essential. Contact us for a survey before you start works. https://www.asbestosriskcontrol.com/

https://press.hse.gov.uk/2022/06/08/former-construction-company-directors-sentenced-for-failing-to-prevent-exposure-to-asbestos/?fbclid=IwAR3UTD3gNTVs8e4aNmJh-Z6B-IWkYvE_6MwrCXySv9UQenPd1pWuzwM-dB4

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We've had our asbestos survey, now we are legally compliant...Perhaps not! Since Regulation 4 the legal "Duty to Manage Asbestos" came into force in 2004, many organisations small and large frantically rushed to have asbestos surveys carried out. Asbestos experts suddenly appeared out of the woodwork to do these surveys.   This race to have surveys done, combined with…

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Asbestos Risk Control - Construction Industry Still In The Dark Over Asbestos

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35937425

Police Scotland told to remedy 'asbestos issue' - BBC News Police Scotland is told to take "remedial action" over the presence of asbestos in some of its buildings.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/how-the-worlds-biggest-asbestos-factory-tried-to-stop-campaigners-exposing-the-killer-dusts-dangers-a6798236.html

How the world's biggest asbestos factory tried to stop campaigners exposing its dangers Executives at the world’s biggest asbestos factory spied on journalists and environmental campaigners who exposed the killer dust’s dangers and then launched a covert campaign to accuse them of being communists, it can be revealed. Secret industry documents seen by The Independent reveal that the ex…

Great news https://www.mesotheliomahelp.org/2015/12/clinical-trial-frees-mavis-nye-of-mesothelioma-24668/

Clinical Trial Frees Mavis Nye of Mesothelioma Two years ago MesotheliomaHelp introduced our readers to Mavis Nye of England who had been fighting mesothelioma for four years. At that time we reported that Mavis was still looking for a silver bullet to free her of the burden

Interesting article, suggesting an unfortunately low latency period for mesothelioma of just 10 years. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/12/17/459866871/americas-third-wave-of-asbestos-disease-upends-lives …

America's 'Third Wave' Of Asbestos Disease Upends Lives